Do nurses working in adult psychiatry take into consideration the support network of families affected by parental mental disorder?

The aim of this study was to gain information about registered and practical mental health nurses’ activities concerning support network of families affected by parental mental illness. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire distributed to all 608 practical and registered mental health...

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Published inJournal of psychiatric and mental health nursing Vol. 15; no. 9; pp. 767 - 776
Main Authors KORHONEN, T., VEHVILÄINEN-JULKUNEN, K., PIETILÄ, A.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.11.2008
Subjects
Adolescent
Adult
Child
Cross-Sectional Studies
Family
Female
Finland - epidemiology
health promotion
Humans
Interpersonal Relations
Male
Mental Disorders - epidemiology
Mental Disorders - nursing
mental health
Nursing
Parent-Child Relations
Parents - psychology
Psychiatric Nursing
Social Support
Socioeconomic Factors
Surveys and Questionnaires
Finland
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Summary:The aim of this study was to gain information about registered and practical mental health nurses’ activities concerning support network of families affected by parental mental illness. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire distributed to all 608 practical and registered mental health nurses working in adult psychiatric units in five Finnish university hospitals. A total of 311 nurses returned completed questionnaires (response rate 51%). Sixty per cent (n = 222) of registered nurses and 36% (n = 88) of practical mental health nurses responded. Information about family relationships and socio‐economic situation was gathered regularly by all nurses. The nurses’ individual characteristics, such as being a parent, further family education and use of family‐centred care, were significantly related to their activeness in discussing the family's support network with the parents. Discussing family relationships and families support networks forms part of patient care in adult psychiatric nursing with families with dependent children (under 18 years of age). Nurses can work directly with the parents to aid them to strengthen their support network for themselves and their children.
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ISSN:1351-0126
1365-2850
DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2850.2008.01309.x